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# The Meaning of Everything: The Story of the Oxford English Dictionary Paperback – Big Book, 26 April 2018

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## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| ASIN  | 0198814399 |
| Best Sellers Rank | #430,028 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #63 in Dictionaries (Books) #74 in English Dictionaries & Thesauruses |
| Customer Reviews | 4.5 4.5 out of 5 stars (381) |
| Dimensions  | 7.8 x 0.7 x 5.1 inches |
| Edition  | 2nd |
| ISBN-10  | 9780198814399 |
| ISBN-13  | 978-0198814399 |
| Item Weight  | 2.31 pounds |
| Language  | English |
| Print length  | 336 pages |
| Publication date  | July 1, 2018 |
| Publisher  | Oxford University Press |

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ PLEASURABLE READ
*by C***N on 3 April 2011*

IT IS INDEED A PLEASURABLE READ CONSIDERING THE STYLE ADOPTED BY WINCHESTER IN WEAVING THE PLOT OF HOW THE OXFORD DICTIONARY WAS BUILT BRICK BY BRICK WITH THE HELP OF SO MANY READERS AND TO SAY THE LEAST TO SOME EXTENT HELPED BY CONTRIBUTIONS FROM A LUNATIC MURDERER. THE BOOK INTERSPERSED WITH OLD PHOTOGRAPHS IS A VERITABLE STOREHOUSE OF INFORMATION AND THE CULMINATION OF LONG AND ASSIDUOUS RESEARCH INTO THE ARCHIVES OF OXFORD AND OTHER ENGLISH INSTITUTIONS BY THE AUTHOR.WINCHESTER WHO HAS EARLIER WRITTEN A FOREWORD TO MODERN ENGLISH USASGE BY FOWLER IS INDEED THE SUITABLE AUTHOR FOR THIS MINI-HISTORY OF OXFORD UNIVERSITY.FOWLER FOR WHOSE BOOK WINCHESTER HAS WRITTEN A FOREWORD RAISED EYEBROWS ON THE USAGE OF DASHES IN HIS SECTION DEALING WITH PUNCTUATIONS. FOWLER USED TO ASSOCIATE DASH MARK WITH AFTERTHOUGHTS OF THE AUTHOR WHILE COMMUNICATING HIS IDEAS TO THE READERS. HE EXHORTED HIS COUNTRY MEN TO AVOID USING DASHES BY CITING THE INDISCRIMINATE USE OF THE SAME BY LAURANCE STERNE IN HIS TRISTAM SHANDY. I AM BRINGING THIS FACTOR ONLY BECAUSE WINCHESTER ALSO REVELLED IN USING DASHES TO A MAXIMUM EXTENT IN HIS PRESENT WORK. NOTWITHSTANDING THE USAGE OF DASHES THE SENTENCES WERE FULLY BALANCED AND CONVEYED CLEAR SENSE TO THE READER WHEN COMPARED TO THE CLUMSY RENDITION OF LAURANCE STERNE IN TRISTAM SHANDY WHICH FOWLER FROWNEDON THE WHOLE A GOOD READC.L.MURALIDHARAN

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Informative and entertaining: a surprising history
*by I***T on 5 May 2023*

As a big fan, and big user, of the Oxford English Dictionary, I found this a very helpful and informative book. It was also very readable, and held my interest throughout, with its cast of seemingly unbelievable characters! It has really helped my understanding of the OED and what's in it.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ For word lovers eveywhere
*by U***O on 25 November 2011*

There are very few authors who would have attempted this task and made such a success as Simon Winchester.He has the knack of talking through words to the man in the street of which I am one and a very grateful one at that.He appreciates his assistants and always goes to great lenghths to acknowledge them in his work(s).The book is a thriller and weaves it's way through the tortuous by-ways of what nearly didn't happen because of eltism , small mindedness and snobbery and a total preoccupation with the cost of production.Thank goodness for common sense and dogged perseverance.I will never be able to afford the full dictionary but so what? I couldn't afford a ride on Concorde but it too was magnificent.Thank you SW for revealing a very interesting history of how we ended up with the greatest dictionary of all time - well done you.

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